The walk to the Wartburg takes about 12 minutes at a comfortable pace. It is a nice walk but uphill, therefore we recommend participants not to wear high heels. The Wartburg is a nearly 1.000 years old castle with worn steps and narrow passages inside.

Sunday, 26/04/2015

throughout the day

Arrival of German exhibitors (responsible for own travel arrangements)

09:00 – 16:00 h

Various itineraries for international journalists in Erfurt, Weimar and surroundings

Various itineraries for international journalists in Erfurt, Weimar and surroundings

12:00 – 13:30 h

Lunch, Hall 3 Messe Erfurt

16:00 – 18:00 h

German exhibitors dismantle stands

Departure of German exhibitors and international participants

16:15 h

various sightseeing-tours (optional) in Erfurt and Weimar

Erfurt:Tours startint at the Messe Erfurt

16:15 h

Option 1:Guided city tour through Erfurt

Option 2: Guided tour by historic tramway

Option 3: Guided or individual tour of the egapark exhibition (horticultural exhibition) by foot or the park train

18:30 h

tour ends at Kaisersaal ErfurtThere is a shuttle bus that runs to Weimar to the 'congress centrum neue weimarhalle' for all who stay in Weimar

ca. 19:00 h

Get-together at Kaisersaal

ca. 22:30 h

End of Get-together, individual return to the GTM-hotel by foot or public transportation

Weimar:

16:15 h

Shuttlebusses to Weimar starting at the Messe Erfurt

16:45 h

Sightseeing-tour in Weimar starting at 'Platz der Demokratie' in Weimar

Option 1: Guided City Tour through Weimar

Option 2: individual tour and free entry in different museums by using the badge between 16:45 - 18. 30 h:- Duchess Anna Amalia-Library- Goethe National Museum, Goethe Living House- Schiller National Museum and Schiller Living House- Bauhaus Museum- Cranach-Exhibition at Schiller House and church St. Peter and Paul

Be sure to wear suitable footwear when walking around the cobbled streets in the town.

18:30 h

Tour ends at the Atrium in WeimarThere is a shuttlebus that runs to Erfurt to the 'Kaisersaal' (Imperial Hall) for all who stay in Erfurt. Guests from Weimar are going with the guide to the Restaurant 'Gasthaus zum Weißen Schwan' in Weimar.

19:30 h

Get-together at the "Gasthaus zum Weißen Schwan"

End of Get-together, individual return to the GTM-hotel by foot

Wednesday, 29/04/2015

throughout the day

Transfers for international participants to their point of departure; Departure of German exhibitors (responsible for own travel arrangements)